Bagster, Lancelot Salisbury (1886 - 1940)

Summary

Lancelot Bagster was lecturer in chemistry at the University of Queensland 1913-1930 and Professor of Chemistry 1931-1940. At the time of his death he was Dean of the Faculty of Science. For more than ten years
he was a member of the Commonwealth Committee for Scientific and Industrial Research.

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Chronology

1908

Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Adelaide

1909 - 1911

Career position - Government Research Scholar, Department of Chemistry, University of Melbourne [under Prof David Orme Masson]

1911 - 1913

Career position - Industrial experience abroad, on behalf of the University of Queensland

1913 - 1930

Career position - Lecturer in Chemistry, University of Queensland

1920

Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Adelaide

1931

Career position - President, Queensland Branch, Australian Chemical Institute

1931 - 1940

Career position - Professor of Chemistry, University of Queensland

1932

Career position - President, Chemistry Section, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science

1932

Career event - Elected Member (Chemistry), Australian National Research Council

1937

Career event - Fellow, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS)

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Published resources

Books

• Gregory, Helen, Vivant Professores: Distinguished Members of the University of Queensland, 1910-1940 (St Lucia: University of Queensland Library, 1987), 180 pp. Details

Journal Articles

• Herbert, D. A., 'Obituary: Professor L. S. Bagster', Australian Journal of Science, 2 (5) (1940), 139. Details

Newspaper Articles

• 'Professor had a long, honourable career [Obituary: Prof Lancelot Bagster (1886 - 1940)]', The Telegraph (Brisbane) (1940), 9, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article187478171. Details

Resources

• 'Bagster, Lancelot Salisbury (1886-1940)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1474998. Details